Phil 202 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I. Morality and FactsII. Defining Reason in MoralityOutline of Current Lecture I. Who is Kant?II. Introduction to Kant PhilosophyCurrent LectureI. Who is Kant?- Kant:o 1724 – 1804o Lived in Konigsberg as a stay-at-home philosophero Strict and predictable habitso Wrote Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 – was not understood by many, so he rewrote it and then rewrote it again in Prolegomenao Wrote groundwork for morals: Critique of Practical Reason and Critique of Judgement II. Introduction to Kant Philosophy- Philosophy: Transcendental Idealism- Transcendental – looking for the conditions for possibility of experience- Kant sees philosophy as a way of answering the skeptic.- There must be necessary conditions for experience.- Kant needs to set metaphysics on the secure path of science which is a priori knowledge.Need proofs.- Reason: o S is P. [theoretical (with knowledge)]o What we ought to do [practical (with putting actions in world)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Logic will not give synthetic judgements, but is a priori.- Math is a priori knowledge. Math relates to science.- A priori – truths, because they are reasoned by us- What we know of x is what we put into it. (What we know of a triangle, ex: that it is 180 degrees, we deduced of it.)- Object conforms to our faculty of intuition rather than us to the object.- Two a priori forms of intuition:o Spaceo Time- We have to experience objects objectively. - Categories of a priori thought: o The object as it appears o The object beyond appearances- Reason has to be critiqued first before making experience claims.- The world of freedom and morality is outside experience.o You cannot make knowledge claimed on these subjects. This limits knowledge, making room for faith.o Glaube = faith/
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